Port Adelaide have kicked 20 goals to annihilate the Sydney Swans by 72 points in their round 12 match at Football Park in Adelaide.

The home-side won 20.12 (132) to 8.12 (60), showing no ill effects from last week's thrashing at the hands of the Brisbane Lions.

The win moves Port back into the top four, after Essendon's heavy loss to the Lions last night.

Injury troubles

The day started in the worst possible fashion for Sydney, with young ruckman Stephen Doyle suffering a recurrence of a hamstring strain during the warm-up.

Doyle joined an already large injury list, which included key players Michael O'Loughlin, Leo Barry and Jason Ball, and was replaced by Lewis Roberts-Thomson.

Port had the benefit of a substantial wind behind them in the first quarter and they were able to use it to their advantage by kicking three goals.

Brendon Lade opened Port's account kicking a goal less then five minutes into the match and he was followed by majors to Byron Pickett and Warren Tredrea.

But the breeze was also to Port's detriment, contributing to some inaccurate kicking, with the home-side kicked four behinds from goal-scoring positions.

The Swans tried to adapt their game plan to the first quarter conditions, often choosing to run the ball out of their back line, rather than test the prevailing wind.

Matthew Nicks registered their only goal of the term, marking a Stuart Maxfield clearance from the midfield to kick straight between the posts.

Port led at quarter-time, 3.4 (22) to 1.2 (8).

Powerful Port

Sydney was expected to make the most of the assisting wind in the second quarter, but in a seven-minute passage following the change it was Port who were capitalising on their opportunities.

Peter Burgoyne, in his first match back from suspension, started the rout, before goals to Toby Thurstans and Chad Cornes (two) extended Port's quarter-time lead to 32 points.

The Swans looked frustrated, as Port started to get the upper hand in the one-on-one contests, a part of the game Sydney dominated in their win over St Kilda last week.

A second goal to Nicks, however, gave the visitors hope and they had the chance to peg Port's lead back further through a Nick Fosdike shot on goal, only for his kick to hit the posts for a behind.

Tredrea doubled his total soon after, showing a much-needed return to form.

The champion forward marked strongly throughout the first half and was clearly on top of Sydney's Adam Goodes.

Lade and Pickett kicked their second goals to finish Port's scoring for the term, while a major to Barry Hall, kicked from a difficult angle on the left flank, gave the Swans a glimmer of hope at half-time.

Port were up 10.6 (66) to 3.3 (21) at the main break.

Hapless Swans

Port went from strength to strength in the third quarter, simply dominating every facet of play, in particular the scoreboard.

They kicked seven goals to the Sydney's two, and showed greater physical commitment when contesting the ball.

Treadrea kicked two goals for the term, including a brilliant snap over his left shoulder to continue his dominance over Goodes.

Gavin Wanganeen also registered a double for Port, while Sydney's only goals came via Paul Williams and Barry Hall.

Port led at the final change 17.10 (112) to 5.4 (34).

Irish eyes are smiling

With the result a foregone conclusion, Port took their foot off the pedal in the fourth term.

Both teams kicked three goals each, but the Swans squandered a series of chances on goal, kicking eight behinds.

A rare highlight though for Sydney were the two goals kicked by Irish recruit Tadhg Kennelly.

The former Gaelic footballer, who joined the Swans in 2001, showed leadership qualities in lifting his performance, despite the scoreboard deficit, while more senior players were hardly sighted.

Port's final-quarter majors were kicked by Lade, Wanganeen and Stuart Dew, leaving the Power with nine goal scorers for the match.